- Friday, May 16, 2025
8–8:15 a.m.
Welcome
David Skolnick, MD
BLOCK 1: AORTIC STENOSIS
8:15–8:20 a.m.
Case Presentation – Young Patient with Severe AS
Seshu Rao, MD
8:20–8:35 a.m.
Timing for AVR: New Approaches to the Asymptomatic Patient
Adnan Chhatriwalla, MD
8:35–9 a.m.
Understanding High Gradients Post-TAVR
Howard Hermann, MD
9–9:20 a.m.
Advanced in Aortic Valve Surgery
Yoshi Kaneko, MD
9:20–9:40 a.m.
Lifetime Management of Aortic Valve Disease
Chetan Huded, MD
9:40–10 a.m.
Case Conclusion and Discussion
Seshu Rao, MD
10–10:20 a.m.
BREAK
BLOCK 2: MITRAL VALVE
10:20–10:35 a.m.
Echo – Mechanisms and Grading Severity of MR
Vrinda Trivedi, MD
10:35–10:40 a.m.
Case Presentation – Challenging Mitral Intervention
Rachel Goodwin, DO
10:40–11 a.m.
Evolving Indications for M-TEER
Alan Zajarias, MD
11–11:20 a.m.
Minimally Invasive Surgery for MV Disease
TBD
11:20–11:35 a.m.
Challenges of Managing MAC
Keith Allen, MD
11:35–11:55 a.m.
Novel Devices for Mitral Valve Intervention
John Saxon, MD
11:50 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Case Conclusion and Discussion
Rachel Goodwin, DO
12:15–1 p.m.
LUNCH
BLOCK 3: TRICUSPID REGURGITATION
1–1:15 p.m.
Echo – Mechanisms and Grading Severity of TR
David Skolnick, MD
1:15–1:20 p.m.
Case Presentation – Managing Severe TR
Peter Tadros, MD
1:20–1:40 p.m.
Improving Health Status for Patients with TR
Suzanne Arnold, MD
1:40–2:05 p.m.
Pros and Cons of Transcatheter Technologies for TR
Rishi Puri, MD
2:05– 2:20 p.m.
Surgical Intervention for TR
J. Russel Davis, MD
2:20– 2:40 p.m.
Case Conclusion and Discussion
Peter Tadros, MD
2:40–3 p.m.
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BLOCK 4: CHALLENGES AHEAD
3–3:20 p.m.
Electrosurgery in Structural Heart Disease
Elizabeth Grier, MD
3:20–3:35 p.m.
Landscape of Interventional Echocardiography
Kyle Lehenbauer, MD
3:35–3:55 p.m.
Challenging Case and Discussion
Ajay Eshcol, MD
3:55–4:10 p.m.
APP Role on the Valve Team
Sarah Heavey, RN, AGACNP
4:10–4:35 p.m.
Unanswered Questions in the Diagnosis and Management of Valvular Heart Disease
David Cohen, MD
4:35–4:55 p.m.
Q&A